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Q: How did the Egyptians take care of their ka?
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Why did Egyptians take such care to preserve the body of the dead?

The believed the deceased's ka and ba would not recognize a decomposed body


What term did Egyptians use to refer to their spirit?

The ba. It was the personality or soul of an individual. no, it was ka Actually, the ka was considered as the life force, separate from the soul.


How did the egyptians believe the sphinx?

No the Egyptians actually did not worship the Sphinx. The Sphinx was put in front of a pharoh's pyramid to protect the pharoh's ka. (The ka is the spirit of the pharoh, and the body must remain intact for the ka to recognize its body) The pyramid was the son of Khufu's. (I can't remember the son's name) Khufu was a pharoh.


Who were the three spirits the ancient egyptians believed?

The three spirits are Ka,Ba,and Akh


What does ka mean in Egyptian terms?

The ka is the vital essence of the spirit, the difference between the living person and the dead person. If the ka left the body, the body died.The Egyptians believed that Khnum created the bodies of children on a potter's wheel and inserted them into their mothers' bodies. Depending on the region, Egyptians believed that Heket or Meskhenet was the creator of each person's Ka, breathing it into them at the instant of their birth as the part of their soul that made them be alive.This resembles the concept of spirit in other religions. The Egyptians also believed that the ka was sustained through food and drink. For this reason food and drink offerings were presented to the dead, although it was the kau within the offerings that was consumed, not the physical aspect.